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{{Short description|American journalist}}
{{About|the journalism professor|American football player|Steve Doig}}
{{About|the journalism professor|American football player|Steve Doig}}
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| alma_mater = [[Defense Information School]]<br />([[Public administration|public affairs]] personnel training)</p><p>[[Dartmouth College|Dartmouth]] (political science)
| alma_mater = [[Defense Information School]]<br />([[Public administration|public affairs]] personnel training)<br />[[Dartmouth College|Dartmouth]] (political science)
| occupation = Journalist<br />Since 1996: [[John S. and James L. Knight Foundation|Knight]] Professor of Journalism<br> [[Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication]]<br />[[Arizona State University]]
| occupation = Journalist<br />Since 1996: [[John S. and James L. Knight Foundation|Knight]] Professor of Journalism<br /> [[Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication]]<br />[[Arizona State University]]
| awards = ''[[The Miami Herald]]'s''<br />1993 [[Pulitzer Prize for Public Service]]
| awards = ''[[The Miami Herald]]'s''<br />1993 [[Pulitzer Prize for Public Service]]
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'''Stephen K. Doig''' is an American journalist, professor of journalism at [[Arizona State University]], and a consultant to print and broadcast news media with regard to data analysis investigative work. Doig moved to the university in 1996 after 23 years as a newspaper journalist, 19 of them with ''[[The Miami Herald]]''. As of 2010, he taught classes in precision journalism, reporting public affairs, news writing, multimedia journalism, introduction to newsroom statistics, and media research methods.
'''Stephen K. Doig''' is an American journalist, professor of journalism at [[Arizona State University]], and a consultant to print and broadcast news media with regard to data analysis investigative work. Doig moved to the university in 1996 after 23 years as a newspaper journalist, 19 of them with ''[[The Miami Herald]]''. As of 2010, he taught classes in precision journalism, reporting public affairs, news writing, multimedia journalism, introduction to newsroom statistics, and media research methods.


Doig was a pioneer in the use of computer-assisted data analysis by reporters. For example, he was ''Miami Herald'' research editor when [[Hurricane Andrew]] struck [[South Florida]] in 1992. Analysis of property damages and local government building records showed that newer structures were more likely to have been damaged by the storm, and the team argued that easing the zoning, inspection, and building codes had caused greater storm losses, largely in a 16-page article "What Went Wrong". The newspaper won next year's [[Pulitzer Prize for Public Service]] citing its coverage "that not only helped readers cope&nbsp;... but also showed how lax zoning, inspection and building codes had contributed to the destruction."<ref>[http://www.pulitzer.org/bycat/Public-Service "Public Service"]. The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved 2013-11-04.</ref><ref>{{cite news|publisher = [[The Oklahoman]]|url = http://newsok.com/article/766152/?template=news/main|title = Access to Records Easier on Internet|first = John|last = Perry|date = October 11, 2001}}</ref><ref>{{cite report|title = (Abstract for) Pulitzer Programming: How Investigative Reporters are Using SAS|first1 = Stephen K.|last1 = Doig|first2 = Richard|last2 = O'Reilly|accessdate = October 1, 2010|url = http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:-VP8hQSKTnYJ:www2.sas.com/proceedings/sugi26/p112-26.pdf+%22Using+SAS,+author+Doig+(+then+research+editor+of+The.+Herald)+processed+more+than+50000+damage+reports+to+discover%22&hl=en&gl=us|work = SUGI &ndash; Date Warehousing and Solutions &ndash; Page 1}}</ref>
Doig was a pioneer in the use of computer-assisted data analysis by reporters. For example, he was ''Miami Herald'' research editor when [[Hurricane Andrew]] struck [[South Florida]] in 1992. Analysis of property damages and local government building records showed that newer structures were more likely to have been damaged by the storm, and the team argued that easing the zoning, inspection, and building codes had caused greater storm losses, largely in a 16-page article "What Went Wrong". The newspaper won the [[1993 Pulitzer Prize|1993]] [[Pulitzer Prize for Public Service]] citing its coverage "that not only helped readers cope&nbsp;... but also showed how lax zoning, inspection and building codes had contributed to the destruction."<ref>[http://www.pulitzer.org/bycat/Public-Service "Public Service"]. The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved 2013-11-04.</ref><ref>{{cite news|publisher = [[The Oklahoman]]|url = http://newsok.com/article/766152/?template=news/main|title = Access to Records Easier on Internet|first = John|last = Perry|date = October 11, 2001}}</ref><ref>{{cite report|title=(Abstract for) Pulitzer Programming: How Investigative Reporters are Using SAS |first1=Stephen K. |last1=Doig |first2=Richard |last2=O'Reilly |accessdate=October 1, 2010 |url=http://www2.sas.com/proceedings/sugi26/p112-26.pdf |work=SUGI &ndash; Date Warehousing and Solutions &ndash; Page 1 |url-status=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140907172901/http://www2.sas.com/proceedings/sugi26/p112-26.pdf |archivedate=September 7, 2014 }}</ref>


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Doig's analysis of voting patterns in Florida in led him to believe that had there been no errors in vote counting in Florida during the 2000 U.S. presidential election, [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] candidate [[Al Gore]] would have won the state's electoral votes instead of [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] candidate, and, thereby, the ultimate winner of the U.S. Presidency, [[George W. Bush]].<ref>{{cite book|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=4G7ntxNSO14C&pg=PA149|page = 149|title = Broadcast news: writing, reporting, and producing|first = Ted|last = White|edition = Fourth|publisher = [[Elsevier]]|location = [[Burlington, Massachusetts]]|isbn = 0-240-80659-X|year = 2005}}</ref>
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{{see also|United States presidential election, 2000|Bush v. Gore}}

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Doig's analysis of voting patterns in Florida in led him to believe that had there been no errors in vote counting in Florida during the 2000 U.S. presidential election, [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] candidate [[Al Gore]] would have won the state's electoral votes instead of [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] candidate, and, thereby, the ultimate winner of the U.S. Presidency, [[George W. Bush]].<ref>{{cite book|url = http://books.google.com/books?id=4G7ntxNSO14C&pg=PA149&#v=onepage&q&f=false|page = 149|title = Broadcast news: writing, reporting, and producing|first = Ted|last = White|edition = Fourth|publisher = [[Elsevier]]|location = [[Burlington, Massachusetts]]|isbn = 0-240-80659-X|year = 2005}}</ref>
==Early years==
Served in the United States Army, where he taught at the [[Defense Information School]]. Also served a year a combat correspondent in [[Vietnam]] during the [[Vietnam War]].

==Reception==
In 1990 the [[Committee for Skeptical Inquiry]] (CSICOP) awarded Doig the ''Responsibility in Journalism'' award for his work as a Science Editor for the [[Miami Herald]].<ref name="DC conference 1990">{{cite journal|last1=Shore|first1=Lys Ann|title=Skepticism in the Light of Scientific Literacy|journal=Skeptical Inquirer|date=1990|volume=15|issue=1|page=8}}</ref>


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== See also ==
== See also ==
{{Portal |Journalism |Social sciences}}
{{Portal |Journalism |Society}}
* [[Crowd counting]]
* [[Crowd counting]]
* [[First inauguration of Barack Obama#Crowds and general ticket holders]]
* {{section link|First inauguration of Barack Obama|Crowds and general ticket holders}}
* [[Restoring Honor rally#Crowd size]]
* {{section link|Restoring Honor rally|Crowd size}}


== References ==
== References ==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
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* [http://cronkite.asu.edu/faculty/doigbio.php Steve Doig, Knight Chair in Journalism] at Arizona State University
* [http://cronkite.asu.edu/faculty/doigbio.php Steve Doig, Knight Chair in Journalism] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100610091841/http://cronkite.asu.edu/faculty/doigbio.php |date=2010-06-10 }} at Arizona State University
* [http://www.nieman.harvard.edu/reportsitem.aspx?id=100075 "Reporting With the Tools of Social Science: ‘We had put the social scientists on notice that journalists increasingly would be competitors in their field’"] by Stephen K. Doig – [[Nieman Foundation for Journalism]] at [[Harvard University|Harvard]]
* [http://www.nieman.harvard.edu/reportsitem.aspx?id=100075 "Reporting With the Tools of Social Science: ‘We had put the social scientists on notice that journalists increasingly would be competitors in their field’"] by Stephen K. Doig – [[Nieman Foundation for Journalism]] at [[Harvard University|Harvard]]
* [http://www.lifeslittlemysteries.com/how-is-crowd-size-estimated--1074/ "How Is Crowd Size Estimated?"] by Remy Melina – ''Life's Little Mysteries''
* [http://www.lifeslittlemysteries.com/how-is-crowd-size-estimated--1074/ "How Is Crowd Size Estimated?"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101008192855/http://www.lifeslittlemysteries.com/how-is-crowd-size-estimated--1074/ |date=2010-10-08 }} by Remy Melina &ndash; ''Life's Little Mysteries''

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Latest revision as of 03:58, 13 May 2024

This article is about the journalism professor. For American football player, see Steve Doig.
See also: 2000 United States presidential election and Bush v. Gore
Stephen Doig
Doig in 2010
Born
Stephen Keith Doig
NationalityAmerican
Alma materDefense Information School
(public affairs personnel training)
Dartmouth (political science)
Occupation(s)Journalist
Since 1996: Knight Professor of Journalism
Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication
Arizona State University
AwardsThe Miami Herald's
1993 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service
Military career
Service/branchUnited States Army
Years of serviceVietnam War era, 1970–1973
UnitDefense Information School instructor; combat correspondent, HQ USARV
AwardsBronze Star for Service

Stephen K. Doig is an American journalist, professor of journalism at Arizona State University, and a consultant to print and broadcast news media with regard to data analysis investigative work. Doig moved to the university in 1996 after 23 years as a newspaper journalist, 19 of them with The Miami Herald. As of 2010, he taught classes in precision journalism, reporting public affairs, news writing, multimedia journalism, introduction to newsroom statistics, and media research methods.

Doig was a pioneer in the use of computer-assisted data analysis by reporters. For example, he was Miami Herald research editor when Hurricane Andrew struck South Florida in 1992. Analysis of property damages and local government building records showed that newer structures were more likely to have been damaged by the storm, and the team argued that easing the zoning, inspection, and building codes had caused greater storm losses, largely in a 16-page article "What Went Wrong". The newspaper won the 1993 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service citing its coverage "that not only helped readers cope ... but also showed how lax zoning, inspection and building codes had contributed to the destruction."[1][2][3]

Doig's analysis of voting patterns in Florida in led him to believe that had there been no errors in vote counting in Florida during the 2000 U.S. presidential election, Democratic Party candidate Al Gore would have won the state's electoral votes instead of Republican Party candidate, and, thereby, the ultimate winner of the U.S. Presidency, George W. Bush.[4]

Early years

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Served in the United States Army, where he taught at the Defense Information School. Also served a year a combat correspondent in Vietnam during the Vietnam War.

Reception

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In 1990 the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry (CSICOP) awarded Doig the Responsibility in Journalism award for his work as a Science Editor for the Miami Herald.[5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Public Service". The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved 2013-11-04.
  2. ^ Perry, John (October 11, 2001). "Access to Records Easier on Internet". The Oklahoman.
  3. ^ Doig, Stephen K.; O'Reilly, Richard. (Abstract for) Pulitzer Programming: How Investigative Reporters are Using SAS (PDF). SUGI – Date Warehousing and Solutions – Page 1 (Report). Archived from the original on September 7, 2014. Retrieved October 1, 2010.{{cite report}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. ^ White, Ted (2005). Broadcast news: writing, reporting, and producing (Fourth ed.). Burlington, Massachusetts: Elsevier. p. 149. ISBN 0-240-80659-X.
  5. ^ Shore, Lys Ann (1990). "Skepticism in the Light of Scientific Literacy". Skeptical Inquirer. 15 (1): 8.
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